Her eyes were like autumn water, and her features were exquisite, but what didn't match her features was her dark yellow complexion, which greatly diminished her appearance.

The color of her face contrasted sharply with the exposed half of her snow-white neck, presumably because she had applied some kind of medicine to hide her true appearance.

Was she afraid others would recognize her as the daughter of the Marquis of Xinyang?

She did initially conceal her identity, saying she was the daughter of a doctor, but she didn't hide her appearance.

For a moment, Li Ruo felt a mix of emotions.

It's like...stealing someone else's person.

She glanced at Xie Xiao instinctively.

As if sensing that she was looking at him, Xie Xiao immediately looked over and laughed, "Look, even such a small matter requires me to handle it."

Xie Xiao's expression remained unreadable. He glanced at the woman and asked the Fourth Master, "Who is she? I've never seen her before?"

The fourth leader said, "She is the veterinarian I told you about before, one of the people rescued from Zixia Mountain, named Guan Siyu."

"Are you the veterinarian?" Xie Xiao asked.

Guan Siyu looked at Xie Xiao, paused slightly, and vaguely felt a strange feeling about the person in front of her. She quickly lowered her head again: "Greetings, Chief."

Her voice, like her movements, gives people a feeling of gentleness yet humility.

Ye Ling'er said, "She said she has a way to make the pigs continue to reproduce."

Xie Xiao's eyes lit up. "What method?"

In order to get out of the pigpen as soon as possible, Ye Ling'er spoke first: "Didn't we catch a few wild boars before? There were two males. Miss Guan said that we can let the wild boars mate with the domestic pigs."

Everyone: ...Is this something that can be said in public? Especially coming from a young woman like you.

Realizing what she had said, Ye Ling'er blushed and pointed at Guan Siyu, "I... I was just repeating what she said!"

"Is this even allowed?" the third family asked her. "How can a domestic pig mate with a wild boar? What kind of offspring will it be, a wild boar or a domestic pig?"

Many people have this question as well.

Xie Xiao shot him a glare: "Why not? Aren't they all pigs? I think it's fine."

“Yes, Guan Siyu, you tell us,” Ye Ling’er said.

Although Guan Siyu was a little embarrassed, her voice remained calm and composed: "Don't worry, the sow will not only get pregnant, but the piglets she gives birth to will be even stronger than before, and they will be less prone to illness and easier to raise."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Xiao smiled and said, "Alright, you'll be in charge of this. If it works out, you'll officially become a member of our Black Wind Stronghold, and we'll give you a credit."

Guan Siyu: "...Thank you, Boss."

After finishing, Xie Xiao looked at Ye Ling'er and said, "Alright, go back now. It's just a small matter, why make such a fuss?"

Ye Ling'er felt heartbroken. Before leaving, she glared at Li Ruo. She admitted that Li Ruo was quite good at fighting, but she also hated how mercenary she was. With such a great natural disaster, where was Brother Xiao supposed to find so much money?

How many pigs do we need to raise?

It would be best if they never got married! Humph!

Li Ruo completely ignored Ye Ling'er's reproachful look.

She only saw Guan Siyu glance at Xie Xiao before leaving, and the fleeting question in her eyes did not escape her notice.

"Are you stupid?"

Before she knew it, everyone had left. Li Ruo came to her senses and looked up to meet Xie Xiao's magnified handsome face and feel the warmth of his breath on her face. His eyes were deep. "What are you thinking about?"

Li Ruo tilted her head back slightly and asked with a smile, "You... no, that girl just now, is this really the first time you've met her? Do you have any thoughts about her?"

Xie Xiao looked amused. "What do you mean by 'what ideas'?"

Suddenly, he remembered something, his eyes widened, "You mentioned that Sisi last time, you don't think I have anything going on with her, do you? In your eyes, I'd like anyone who's female?"

Li Ruo laughed and said, "I didn't mean that, why are you reacting so strongly?"

Also, why get so close if there's nothing wrong with that?

Xie Xiao chuckled, then his roguish grin returned. "So you were jealous just now?"

My mood is like a mountain range, constantly fluctuating between hell and heaven. It's so torturous.

He reached out and pulled her close around the waist, a smirk playing on his lips. "While I'm happy you're jealous, you're not allowed to be jealous of this kind of nonsense anymore."

Li Ruo's gaze fell on the hands he was holding around her waist, and she rolled her eyes at him. "I have something important to discuss with you."

Is she jealous?

Xie Xiao glanced at the brothers passing by who were glancing in their direction, and reluctantly let her go. "I knew you wouldn't come here unless you had something to say. Go ahead and say it."

"I also want a hundred knives, fifty bows and arrows, and I still have pig iron. You can send your men to my place to get them."

Xie Xiao perked up and laughed, "You have pig iron again so soon? From—"

Li Ruo knew he had a grudge about that "mysterious accomplice," and she had already come up with an excuse.

The story goes that her general father, because of his merits in the mortal world, was rewarded by the King of Hell with a treasure called the Mustard Seed Space for storing things. Her father gave it to her, and the imported items were things she had previously hoarded in the space, which her father had also obtained. Anyway, it's quite complicated...

But suddenly I don't really want to talk about it anymore.

And no matter how I explain it, it seems like nobody believes me...

Seeing her hesitation, Xie Xiao's eyes dimmed slightly. "One hundred is enough? Didn't you recruit three hundred people?"

Li Ruo came to her senses, "Some of the people from the yamen and those who went to the Prince of Runan's mansion to rob are still usable."

Xie Xiao nodded, "Okay, it should be ready in about ten days."

"There's no need to rush. You've already hired quite a few people, so you should need more. Just do half of it for me first."

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